A. V. Shindin, Yu. V. Tokarev, K. K. Grekhneva, Yu. I. Belov
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Abstract
We present the results of radar experiments performed on the Sura facility after its upgrade in 2020–2021. Anomalous enhancement of the radio echo up to 40 dB above the radio background level during a lunar radar session on October 17, 2022 at a frequency of 8925 kHz is reported. Arguments in favor of the ionospheric nature of this phenomenon are presented.
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Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics contains the most recent and best Russian research on topics such as:
Radio astronomy;
Plasma astrophysics;
Ionospheric, atmospheric and oceanic physics;
Radiowave propagation;
Quantum radiophysics;
Pphysics of oscillations and waves;
Physics of plasmas;
Statistical radiophysics;
Electrodynamics;
Vacuum and plasma electronics;
Acoustics;
Solid-state electronics.
Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics is a translation of the Russian journal Izvestiya VUZ. Radiofizika, published by the Radiophysical Research Institute and N.I. Lobachevsky State University at Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia. The Russian volume-year is published in English beginning in April.
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